Parents can have their child’s school information in the palm of their hand promises School Stream app creator Melissa Bridson.

The idea came to her when she was driving her daughter to school.

I forgot about a school excursion today, her daughter announced.

“I had to reschedule my work in ten minutes,” Ms Bridson said.

“It became clear that I had access to instant info in every area of my life but not my daughter’s school.”

Creator Melissa Bridson.Source:Supplied

School Stream app.Source:Supplied

Parents have phones, children have phones, it is like a filing system, she said.

Once a school registers, School Stream is accessed on a smartphone and holds information about sporting events, canteen, class notes — all the information parents would usually find in the school newsletter.

“Often you don’t receive the school notes,” Ms Bridson said.

Her aim is for schools to be paperless by eliminating the needed for school newsletters and notes from the teacher to be sent home in students’ schoolbags.

The cost for using the app will be covered by the school for between $1 and $3 for each student every year.